Waffle iron



Peb. 27, E923. 1,446,532

F. E. WOLCOTT WAFFLE IRON Filed June 3, 1922 Parenteel ree. a7, reas.

entre@ stares PATENT @FFHCE FRANK E. WOLCOTT, lOF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

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Application lerl June, 1922.

To a/Z whom. z'z may concern:

Be it known that l, FRANK E. lWoLcorn a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in lValie Irons,of which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to the construction of those waflie irons whichare designed to be electrically heated.

These utensils generally consist of a base member mounted on legs and acover member hinged to the base, the base being adapted to receive aheating unit and provided on its upper face with a grid, and the coverbeing adapted to receive a heating unit and provided on its under facewith a grid that cooperates with the base grid to holdy and shape thebatter to be baked.

rlhe object of the present invention is to provide a waiile iron havinga minimum number of legs disposed in such way that the device will standfirmly whether the cover is opened or closed, and further to so form thegrids that a pair of wafiies of normal size and shape may be baked butthey will be so scored that they may be readily divided into halfportions if desired, thereby providing at low cost a stable, convenientand eliicient structure.

This object is attained by extending the bottom of the base member ofthe waiiie iron to the rear so as to form a shel= upon which the covermember will rest when opened and turned way over to the bach, andproviding this shelf extension at the rear with a singie leg. that withtwo legs under the front of the base member gives an extended supportforthe device, and farther by connecting certain of the grid hubs bywebs so located that they will crease the Waies across the middlewithout completely separating them on this line, enabling them whendesired, to be readily broken apart where thinned by the creases.

Figure l of the accompanying drawings shows a plan with the coverclosed, of a waffle iron which embodies this invention. Fig. 2 shows aplan of the same with the cover open. Fig. 3 shows a front elevationwith the cover closed. F ig. 4 shows a side elevation with the coverclosed. F ig. 5 is a view looking at the same end with the cover opened.Fig, 6, on larger scale, shows a vertical section of a part of the baseand cover grids, on the plane indicated by 6-6 Serial No. 565,526.

on FigQ. Fig. is a vertical section of the grids on the plane indicatedby T T on Fig. 2

These devices may be made of any suitable metal. rl`he base isrectangular in outline and comprises a grid section l with recesses Q inits upper face and hubs 3 extending into the recesses. Attached to theunder side of the base grid section is a plate 4 which conforms inoutline to the front and sides of the grid section but at the rearextends some distance beyond the back of the grid section and forms atriangular shelf rl`he bottom plate at the front has two legs 6 and atthe rear or apex of the shelf has a single leg 7. Between the base gridand the bottom plate is a space 8 in which a heating unit of any desiredtype and capacity may be inserted.

rlhe cover consists of a grid section 9 that conforms in outline to thebase grid section and is provided on its under face with recesses l0into which extend the hubs ll. Attached to the top of the cover gridsection is a plate 1:2 between which and the grid .is a space 13 forreceiving a heating' unit of the desired type and capacity. At

the back the cover has ears ll that are piv oted to ears l5 on the baseso that when the cover is closed it will conform to and set closelyagainst the base but when the cover is opened it will turn over and reston the shelrp at the back. rihe device has only three legs but theselegs are so widely disposed that when the cover, which normally hasconsiderable weight, is opened and turned over to the back and rest onthe shelf, the device will not be over-balanced but will be firmlysupported.

The grids shown are designed to form a pair of waffles, being separatedat the middle by partitions 16 which divide the wailies. For the.purpose of providing means whereby half portions can be readily obtainedthe center row of hubs are connected by webs 17 which webs aresubstantially the height as the hubs. As these webs do not come togetherwhen the cover is closed on the base they do not completely separate thewaii'les but merely crease or score them on this line. This while notseparating the waiiies into half portions thins them in such a mannerthat if desired they may be readily broken apart along the scored lineso as to divide them into half portions.

The invention claimed is l. A. Waffle iron comprising a base and a samecover hinged thereto, the base and the cover being provided with shapinggrids and having means v for the application of heating imits, said basehaving a, part extending to the rear and providing a shelf on Which thecover will rest when it is opened fromthe base, said shelf extensionbeing provided with lsupporting leg.

2. A waffle iron comprising va hase having a grid, a pair of legs at thefront, an eX- tension to the rear and a supporting leg heneaththe'xtension, and a cover provided with a grid, said cover being hingedto the hase in Such manner that when opened therefrom it will rest -uponthe rearward extension of the base.

FRANK E. WoLooTT.

